US bookseller Barnes & Noble is planning to bring its Nook e-readers to the UK.

Barnes & Noble's Nook Simple Touch and Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight will land on these shores in mid-October, the company said on Monday. Its online book shop will also open its doors to British readers, providing 2.5 million titles, at nook.co.uk.

Barnes &amp; Noble's Nook Simple Touch

Barnes & Noble has struck deals with UK retailers to stock the devices, both in bricks-and-mortar stores as well as online. The retailers, and pricing for the devices, are yet to be announced.

The US version of the Nook Simple Touch has a 6-inch e-ink screen, 2GB of Flash memory, 2GB of RAM, microSD support and built-in Wi-Fi.

Barnes & Noble's foray into the UK will be the first time the Nook devices have been sold outside the US. The book chain announced its plans for international expansion at the start of the year, when it flagged up its intention to make the Nook business a separate operating segment in the company.

The Nook business brought in revenues of $933m (£594m) during the last financial year, including $483m-worth of digital content.